Marine Corps Cpl. Chase Layne, a load master with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, secures a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System with 3d Battalion, 12th Marines, 3d Marine Division onto a KC-130J Super Hercules during Castaway on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, March 15, 2021. The exercise demonstrated the Marine Corps’ ability to integrate with the joint force to seize and defend key maritime terrain, provide low-signature sustainment, and execute long-range precision fires in support of naval operations from an expeditionary advanced base. Layne is a native of San Diego, California.

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